Here's the thing-- at least in Ohio, the people were never asked what they wanted in the first place. There has never been a vote in Ohio regarding the law-- as I'm sure there hasn't been in any other state, either. This was decided by the legislatures and while yes, they are voted in.... we should all be able to admit that those we put in office don't always represent the will of their constituents.
Originally Posted by Grace Preston
Come on Grace, those people elected were never asked what their position was on abortion and the people were un-aware of that position? I don't believe that for a minute and if you'll look at it that way, I think you'll know I"m right about that but no matter, the people in the State of OHIO and every other state, get a chance in a few short months to make their positions very clear. The pro abortion people will ask every single person running for a Legislative office be it State or Federal, what is your position on abortion and they will have to answer. Here is their chance right there in front of them to get an answer to this question.
I guess it's just very hard now for the left to accept the fact that some states, on the will of the people and don't kid yourself, this will be the will of the majority in every state, you know, the Democratic way, will vote to ban abortion.
And any politician that doesn't vote the way the majority wants may finish out this term in office but they will not be re-elected. Every politician knows this. You can't repeatedly vote against the majority and expect to keep your job, well, unless you are Joe Manchin.
And pretty sure every state has a law on abortion.
This is what is going on in Florida right now.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/30/judge-halts-floridas-new-abortion-law-00043504
Florida's new abortion law halted as DeSantis vows to fight on
In a stinging defeat for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Florida judge said he will temporarily block a new law that would prohibit all abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
In a stinging defeat for Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature, a Florida judge said Thursday he will temporarily block a new law that would prohibit all abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The law, which provides no exceptions for victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, was approved by legislators and signed into law by DeSantis in April. It is scheduled to take effect on Friday.
The judge’s decision comes as the nation grapples with how to move forward with reproductive rights in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. In announcing his decision, Circuit Judge John C. Cooper said the new law was likely unconstitutional because it runs afoul of a voter-approved provision in the state Constitution that bars the government from intruding on people’s personal lives.
DeSantis, during a Thursday press conference in central Florida, said that the judge’s ruling was not a surprise, but added “it was not something of course that we were happy to see.” He vowed to appeal the ruling.
“These are unborn babies that have heartbeats, they can feel pain, they can suck their thumb,” DeSantis said. “And to say the state constitution mandates things like dismemberment abortions, I just don’t think that’s the proper interpretation.”
Legal battles over abortion are now playing out in several other states after the Supreme Court issued its ruling overturning federal abortion protections. A judge in Kentucky on Thursday halted that state’s “trigger law” that would block nearly all abortions, the Associated Press reports, while judges on Monday blocked abortions bans in Utah and Louisiana.
Cooper is unlikely to issue his written ruling until early next week, meaning that the new law will still take effect. Whitney White, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Project representing several abortion clinics in the litigation, said that “unfortunately we are facing a situation where access to abortion in the near term after 15 weeks is not guaranteed.”
The judge’s ruling is just the opening round of a legal battle that is expected to eventually reach the Florida Supreme Court, which has previously blocked abortion restrictions because of the state’s privacy amendment. DeSantis’s office said on Thursday that it would eventually ask the state Supreme Court to “reverse its existing precedent regarding Florida’s right to privacy. The struggle for life is not over.”
Cooper acknowledged that the state Supreme Court could revisit its past decisions but he said that “I do think this law complies with the present state of the law in Florida.”
Planned Parenthood of America, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state earlier this month to stop the law, claiming it violates the privacy amendment approved by voters in 1980. That measure has been cited by the state Supreme Court in overturning previous restrictive abortion laws, including one requiring parental consent for minors seeking abortions. The makeup of the Florida Supreme Court, however, has shifted to the right in recent and abortions rights advocates fear the conservative-majority state high court could interpret that privacy right differently.
Cooper, who laid out his reasoning behind his ruling, said that past Supreme Court decisions required attorneys representing the state to show a “compelling” reason for the new abortion restrictions.
Ron DeSantis is up for re-election on Nov., so the people of Florida will have a direct vote on the issue of abortion. If you don't want this restrictive abortion law, the people will not vote for DeSantis and vote for the Democrat, expected to be Charlie Crist. All Florida Representatives like every other state, has all House members up for re-election. If abortion is really that important to the American people, we will sure as hell know it in just a few short months. And to the guy who said I shouldn't be telling others how to live their lives, is anybody telling the people of California and New York and multiple other states how they must vote? No I'm not, nor can I tell the people of Florida how to vote but I'm voting for Ron DeSantis even though I would like to see Roe at 15 weeks be the law of Florida but I can not put a Democrat in office that belongs to this Democrat party. Can't do it. Wish I could help you ladies out but if you hadn't thrown in with these lunatics, you might have had my vote, at least on this issue.
